Major Indian Projects
Development cooperation is a key of our relationship and we have offered technical and financial assistance for projects in Myanmar, both in infrastructural and in the areas of Human Resource Development and institutional capacity building. These include centres of excellence in Myanmar-the Myanmar Institute of Information Technology(MIIT) being set up at Mandalay; an Advanced Centre for Agricultural Research & Education (ACARE), a Rice Bio Park at Yezin Agriculture University and many other training institutes. Important connectivity projects include: Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project, building/upgrading 71 bridges on the Tamu-Kalewa-Kalemyo road; construction of Kalewa-Yargyi section of the trilateral highway which envisages seamless connectivity between India, Myanmar and Thailand by 2016.
Government of Indiais also closely working with Government of Myanmar to implement the MOU on Border Area Development where India has granted an assistance of USD 5 Milion each year for next fiveyears. Under this MOU 21 schools, 17 health centres and 8 bridges were constructed/built during the first yearin Chin State and Naga Self Administered Zone of Myanmar.
Other training institutes include two Industrial Training Centres, Myanmar-India Centre for English Language(MICELT), Myanmar-India Entrepreneurship Development Centre(MIEDC), India-Myanmar Centre for Enhancement of IT Skills (IMCEITS), Language Laboratories and E-Resource Centre at the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs in Yangon and NayPyiTaw were set up with the assistance of GOI. Other projects include restoration of the Ananda Temple in Bagan, upgradation of the Yangon Children's Hospital, Sittwe General Hospital.
